A local Congress of Industrial Organizations meeting sometime in the 1940s. Note the presence of both white and black men. The CIO was an association of industrial unions that was established in 1935 by younger and disenchanted members of the...

The exterior of the American Federation of Labor's building in Mobile, Alabama. It housed the union for pipefitters and boilermakers. Also seen in the image are The Allen Realty and Insurance Company, the Brandon Cement Company, and Easterling...